{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "industrial-crt-image-direction",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "CRT image prompt writer",
 "summary": "Bring a subject and image use. Get an old-screen image prompt that keeps key details clear.",
 "headline": "CRT image prompt writer",
 "subhead": "Give it a subject, image use and camera view. It writes a prompt with framing, light and old-screen texture, plus checks for clear subject details.",
 "job": {
  "id": "make-images",
  "name": "Make images and art"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-25",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "image",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Image",
   "what": "a finished picture"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "image_prompt",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Image prompt",
   "what": "a render-ready image prompt plus the reference roles it uses"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your subject and the details that must stay recognizable.",
  "What the image will be used for.",
  "A reference image (optional).",
  "Your choice of CRT-screen view or real-camera view (optional)."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "One still-image prompt with framing, a single main light and the signal flaws named.",
  "A numbered checklist for subject, anatomy, shapes and labels.",
  "A short list of limits to note, such as text the image tool drew badly."
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You need an image that looks like a recovered tape from a technical archive.",
  "You have a subject and want a moody, near-black-and-white look.",
  "Your first image looks too clean and needs the flaws of an old screen.",
  "You want to check that the subject still looks right after the heavy styling."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You want a bright, colorful or glossy product shot: ask your AI for a plain studio photo prompt instead.",
  "You need to follow a named brand's locked visual rules: use that brand's own style guide.",
  "You want a finished video: this gives a still-image prompt, so use a video tool and its own guide."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your subject, such as an object, person or place",
   "The details that must stay recognizable",
   "What the image is for",
   "A reference image (optional)",
   "Your choice of CRT-screen view or real-camera view (optional)"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
   "An image tool to make the picture. This skill writes the prompt but does not make the image."
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Capture view",
    "contains": "Your pick between an image shown on a CRT screen and a real scene filmed by an old analog camera."
   },
   {
    "name": "Prompt block",
    "contains": "One still-image prompt with the subject, framing, one main light, black space and the recording flaws."
   },
   {
    "name": "Identity and clarity checklist",
    "contains": "Numbered checks for the subject, anatomy, object shapes and any labels, to run on the image."
   },
   {
    "name": "Open limitations",
    "contains": "A short list of anything the image tool could not do, or facts still missing."
   }
  ]
 },
 "how_to_use": [
  "Open Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini and paste in the skill text.",
  "Type your subject, the details that must stay, and what the image is for.",
  "Say if you want the CRT-screen view or the real-camera view. Attach a reference image if you have one.",
  "Copy the prompt into your image tool. It needs an image tool that can make pictures.",
  "If you gave a reference, attach the image itself in that tool. A text description is not enough.",
  "Run the checklist on the result. It passes when the subject is still recognizable, hands and limbs look right, shapes are correct and every visible label is spelled as you intended. If a check fails, change one thing (the framing or the light) and run the prompt again, or use your image tool's variation or edit feature. If two tries fail, change the shot rather than add more darkness.",
  "This item writes a prompt for still images only. Video needs a separate video tool.",
  "When the image passes, save it. If a check still fails after two tries, write down the open limits, pick a new capture view and run the prompt again. To use the image in an ad or on a page, bring it to the ad or page item you are working in."
 ],
 "checks": [],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Multi-provider image maker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/multi-provider-image-maker",
   "why": "Multi-provider image maker"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "magnus919",
  "repo": "magnus919/agent-skills",
  "url": "https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/92c327e525da69c9ad3812fd223a1770e977c2e3/analog-occultism",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "analog-occultism",
  "commit": "92c327e525da69c9ad3812fd223a1770e977c2e3"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "analog-occultism skill",
   "by": "magnus919",
   "url": "https://github.com/magnus919/agent-skills/tree/92c327e525da69c9ad3812fd223a1770e977c2e3/analog-occultism",
   "used": "Original instructions and supporting files, with attribution and the MIT licence. Display copy describes the task."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "evals/evals.json",
  "LICENSE.md",
  "README.md",
  "references/image-prompting.md",
  "references/video-prompting.md"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/industrial-crt-image-direction",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/industrial-crt-image-direction.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/industrial-crt-image-direction.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/industrial-crt-image-direction/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/industrial-crt-image-direction.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/industrial-crt-image-direction",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/industrial-crt-image-direction",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}